FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE COMING SOON!
REGISTRATION LINKS COMING SOON!
IGNITE! Dance Festival 2025!
FESTIVAL LOCATION: All events will take place at Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts
Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts(CCA)
1301 Dallas Road
Chattanooga, TN 37405
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES & SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, September 19 @ 7:00 pm Chattanooga Dances! Concert
Featuring Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts Dancers & Community Partners
Saturday, Sept. 20 Participant Check-In & Schedule Pick Up at CCA (Between 8:00-8:30 am)
Saturday, Sept. 20 @ 1:00 pm Student Choreography Showcase
Saturday, Sept. 20 @ 7:00 pm TYDF Gala Concert Featuring Special Guests Carolyn Dorfman Dance
REGISTRATION FORMS AND PAYMENT LINKS
ORGANIZED BY GRADE LEVEL.
*TEACHERS WHO ARE REGISTERING LARGE GROUPS:
Please email us to get a link to a group registration form: tnyouthdancefest@gmail.com
Please select your grade level and find the coordinating registration form and payment link below.
FOR DANCERS IN GRADES 5-7 *GRADES 5-7 REGISTRATION FEES: $75
Grades 5-7 REGISTRATION FORM: COMING SOON
*PAYMENT LINK INSIDE REGISTRATION FORM
FOR DANCERS IN GRADES 8-12 *Grades 8-12 REGISTRATION FEES: $150
Grades 8-12 REGISTRATION FORM: COMING SOON!
*PAYMENT LINK INSIDE REGISTRATION FORM
FOR ADULT DANCERS & DANCE EDUCATORS (AGES 18 and up)
$100 Includes 4 Master Classes on Saturday, Lunch on SATURDAY ONLY, Festival T-shirt
ADULT & DANCE EDUCATOR REGISTRATION FORM; COMING SOON!
FULL TEACHER TRACK PAYMENT LINK: COMING SOON!
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION LINKS:
Student Choreography Application Deadline Tuesday, September 3, 2025
Student Choreography Guidelines 2024 HERE
STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY APPLICATION LINK COMING SOON!
IGNITE! Gala Application Deadline Tuesday, September 3, 2025
IGNITE! Gala Concert Guidelines 2024 HERE
GALA APPLICATION LINK COMING SOON!
ALL EVENTS HELD AT CHATTANOOGA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS
Hip Hop
Improvisation
Contemporary
Fletcher Pilates Fascial Flow
Marah Bates
Contemporary
Hip Hop
Modern & Musical Theatre Dance
College Dance Programs
College Dance Programs
Chattanooga Dances Concert!
Friday, September 19, 2025
7:00 pm
Featuring Local Non-Profit
Community Dance Partners and Schools
Founded in 1998, Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts is a unique, dedicated fine arts magnet school promoting academic and artistic excellence for students in grades six through twelve. Part of the Hamilton County School System, CCA serves over 600 students in the fine arts concentration of their choice. The college preparatory academic emphasis of the school is propelled by a commitment to the arts as a vehicle to foster creativity, cultivate discipline, and build ensemble.
Accredited by the Tennessee Department of Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, CCA has also been recognized as a Kennedy Center National School of Distinction, as a Magnet Schools of America School of Distinction, and as a STAR School by the International Network of Performing and Visual Arts Schools.